Residents stand under illegally extended electric wires at a slum in Jammu, India on Aug. 1. Vast amounts of power bleeds out of India’s antiquated distribution system or is pirated through unauthorized wiring. An estimated 620 million people were left without electricity Tuesday afternoon after Indiaís northern, eastern and northeastern grids cascaded into failure. (Big Picture)
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